City launch legal action against the Premier League | Unconfirmed reports that City have secured "potentially significant victory" (p 808)

[StillBluessinceHydeRoad]

The "lower" teams have to look after their interests, just as the giants do, this is a ruthless business, don't think we are not trying to look after ourselves.

I'm sure we are because the PL sure isn't. That's what we have in common with a lot of other clubs.

 

[Protein Junkie]

I agree with most of that.

These are very rough figures but I think ADUG have invested £2bn and now have a £3bn business.

In their world is that good return? Fuck knows.

But I think the PR from this endeavour has a huge value which massively increases that ROI.

I had no real idea who what Abu Dhabi was before they bought us.

Every single football fan in the world - and that makes up probably half the planet - does now.

Is that approx £1b growth for ADUG ?
And that is just direct growth not including all the multiple other outlets in Abu Dhabi who would have benefitted from this initial outlay.

@Newman Noggs what a great post btw :-)

 

[slbsn]

Interested why @slbsn started from the position that the judgment has been finalised? I didn't see anything definite one way or the other.

I suppose Panja's tweet may have been the most "definite" but it isn't exactly an impartial source.

Times reporting it too. And other sauces.

 

[BlueRockape]

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Are we possibly discussing compensation?

 

[pauls]

Tony Book should have told Swales to fuck off but his love of the club and his respect for Mal he didn't Mal was suppose to be assistant but his personality took over He wrecked the team that had finished second in the First Division which we never really recovered from

Yeah, still pains me today at 65, Barnes,Owen,Hartford, Watson,Kidd for Lee(Stuart),Shinton,Silkman,Mackenzie,Daley.Absolute suicide, cost us 30years, still never forgiven PJS.

 

[Leech]

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This contradicts what you said does it not? You assured that any changes to unlawful rules would need to be made with immediate effect, whilst this report says they would have to be voted on first.

 

[Cobwebcat]

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Must be killing the other clubs that City know but they don’t…

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Yeah, still pains me today at 65, Barnes,Owen,Hartford, Watson,Kidd for Lee(Stuart),Shinton,Silkman,Mackenzie,Daley.Absolute suicide, cost us 30years, still never forgiven PJS.

Thing is, that group of players was ageing. So it needed a few bold decisions. But Big Mal simply went postal.

 

[TonyM]

City - ruining arbitrations since 2008.

 

[BerkshireBlue]

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I'll wait for Heinz and Bisto to confirm it